Lebach is a town in the district of Saarlouis, in

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

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. It is situated approximately northeast of

Saarlouis Saarlouis (; french: link=no, Sarrelouis, ; formerly Sarre-Libre and Saarlautern) is a town in Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis. In 2020, the town had a population of 34,409. Saarlouis, as the name implies, is located on t ...

, and north of

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

. As of 2020, its population was 18,828.

Inhabitants

(31 December)

Mayors

* 1978–2006: Nikolaus Jung, CDU (died 2013) * 2006–2012: Arno Schmidt, CDU (died 2012) * since 2013: Klauspeter Brill, independent On January 22, 2006 Arno Schmidt (CDU) won the election against Jürgen Barke (SPD). Arno Schmidt died in 2012 at the age of 60. Klauspeter Brill was elected as mayor on May 26, 2013.

Education

Daycare centers

* Day care center Aschbach * Daycare Dörsdorf * Daycare Lebach * Daycare Steinbach * Daycare Thalexweiler * Kindergarten Herz-Jesu Gresaubach * Cath. Kindergarten St. Donatus, Landsweiler * Cath. Kindergarten Hl. Dreifaltigkeit and St. Marien, Lebach * Day care center "St. Nikolaus", Lebach

Elementary schools

* Elementary school Landsweiler * Elementary school Lebach * Elementary school Steinbach * Nikolaus-Groß-School Lebach

High schools

* Geschwister-Scholl High School Lebach * Johannes-Kepler High School Lebach

Community schools

* Theeltalschule Lebach * Nikolaus-Groß-Schule Lebach

Vocational school

* BBZ Lebach

Notable people

Nadine Schön Nadine Schön (born ''Nadine Müller'', 5 June 1983 in Lebach, Saarland) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2009, representing the constituency of St. W ...

(born 1983), politician (CDU) Niedersaubach St

Personalities who work, worked or died in the town

Günther Kastenfrosch Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gund ...

(born 1872), international celebrity, lives under the Breeck *

Klaus Steinbach Klaus Steinbach (born 14 December 1953

(born 1953), swimming sportsman, lives in Lebach

References

External links

Official homepage
Saarlouis (district) Duchy of Lorraine {{Saarland-geo-stub